Basenotes Las Vegas Meetup October 5, 6 & 7th 2012 FINAL ITINERARY

Well it's almost FRIDAY so we wanted to list the Final Itinerary for Friday, Saturday & Sunday. You will notice I modified the times at the Guerlain boutique on Saturday (half an hour is just **not enough**) and we changed Sunday's destinations also.

I'm very excited about meeting all of you participants, in person for the first time!!

Saturday is our busiest day and so if you are considering joining us and can only fit in one day, I would go with Saturday, for sure.

The Shoppes at The Palazzo are located at 3325 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, link to Map/Directions here: http://www.theshoppesatthepalazzo.com/ (scroll down to the very bottom of the page & click the 'Get Directions' button.

Barney's sent us this email, letting us know that they'll have coffee and goodies for all attendees...cool, huh!?:

I hope this finds you well. I just wanted to confirm that you and your friends will be here at Barneys this Saturday October 6th at 10:00am. As I mentioned when we spoke, I want to make this fragrance experience something memorable for all of you. We will serve coffee, tea and pastries.

Also, I contacted Editions de Parfums by Frederic Malle and they will send a guest speaker from Chicago. She is a very knowledgeable person. I tried to get Mr Malle to come to Las Vegas that day and talk to all of us about his fragrances but he had a prior commitment.

Please let me know about how many people will be here that day and if you have any ideas or special requests for that day. We will have our get together at a private mezzanine here in the store

After that we will have lunch (either together as a group, or separate, let's leave that up to whatever you want, from Noon - 1:30, then back to The Shoppes for the Guerlain boutique. Guerlain sent us this email, in anticipation of our arrival:

Everyone here at Guerlain is anxiously awaiting you and the rest of the Basenotes guests to arrive. There are some noteworthy pieces available here at the Palazzo that I think the Basenote members would be excited to know about.

For those that are excited for the latest offerings from Guerlain:

1. Shanghai

2. La Petite Robe Noire - You will also be able preview the exclusive size available later this year at the event.

Finally, after that we will head over to the Christian Dior boutique, for our final destination of the day and even more fragrances / refreshments. Dior will have sample bags for all attendees, as well as wine (red/white & champagne) and chocolates to munch on while we shop. Here's the email from our Host, Massiel Cofino (a Basenotes member also - her screen name is massy03):

It was great finally getting the chance to chat with you. We're excited to host this for your group in our store.

Yes, we have the entire collection, all 13 of the La Collection, so you'll have the experience to see them all at once. And yes, we also carry the Eau Sauvage Parfum as well as the Dior Homme Intense that is limited distribution.

If you have any questions before then, give me a call or shoot me an email! If not, I will see you guys in October.
Kind Regards,
Massiel Cofino
Dior
The Shoppes at the Palazzo
3327 Las Vegas Blvd S Ste:2953
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Main: (702) 734 - 1102
Fax: (702) 734 - 1247

The Food Court (located in Level 3) in The Fashion Show Mall is located at 3200 Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV - link to Map/Directions here: http://www.thefashionshow.com/ (Just click the link and scroll down to the bottom of the page and click 'Get Directions'). The Sample Swap is very simple and it was a lot of fun last year at the Basenotes Meetup in New Orleans - just bring all of the fragrance samples that you do not want anymore and feel free to swap them with your fellow Basenoters.

Saks Fifth Avenue and/or Nordstrom's will be the only pre-arranged shopping destinations this day (although anyone is more than welcome to explore the other stores on their own). There is no pre-arranged meeting with these stores, but the Basenotes group is planning on shopping/browsing together and we will allow this day to be less planned out and more flexible/casual.

"Like a lobster with a pearl in its claw, the beet held the jasmine firmly without crushing or obscuring it. Beet lifted jasmine, the way a bullnecked partner lifts a ballerina, and the pair came on stage on citron's fluty cue. As if jasmine were a collection of beautiful paintings, beet hung it in the galleries of the nose, insured it against fire or theft, threw a party to celebrate it. Citron mailed the invitations." Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins p. 189

I really hope y'all have a fantastic meetup. If I could have made things work out with my directing and teaching duties I would be joining you. But have fun, and I look forward to reading about your adventures soon.

The thought bubble of this photo would be: "why do they make all of the Santa Maria Novella look the same!!!"

lol! I have one Santa Maria Novella, Citta di Kyoto...gorgeous, translucent aura of a scent. It's presence in my collection is early evidence of my love for iris notes...

living vicariously through y'all! nice photos, Redneck Perfumisto

"Like a lobster with a pearl in its claw, the beet held the jasmine firmly without crushing or obscuring it. Beet lifted jasmine, the way a bullnecked partner lifts a ballerina, and the pair came on stage on citron's fluty cue. As if jasmine were a collection of beautiful paintings, beet hung it in the galleries of the nose, insured it against fire or theft, threw a party to celebrate it. Citron mailed the invitations." Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins p. 189

OMG - I was thinking exactly the same thing as Mike when I looked at those. LOL!

Thanks, lily and Renee! Here are some more teasers....

My wife and Raul at Barney's....

....and all my buddies on the C.B. Untitled thread - O.M.G. - you will *never* believe what fragrance my wife discovered out of all the niche here that she loved, and actually dragged me over to smell (and which she had never paid any attention to at home, due to ignoring me the last month.....)

L'Etrog.

I was, like, - "Ahem, you aren't gonna believe this......"

A then a wild-and-crazy BN lunch!!!

...and just a hint of the great time we had at Guerlain (you will have to wait for the fragrance report!!!)....

oh boy oh boy, just look at those smiles - they are the real deal - so great to see, I can feel the happy, fragrant energy from here! Thanks for taking the time out in the midst of your agenda to post these teasers. Everyone looks beautiful - special hi to knit, daahh - link! you look divine!

"Like a lobster with a pearl in its claw, the beet held the jasmine firmly without crushing or obscuring it. Beet lifted jasmine, the way a bullnecked partner lifts a ballerina, and the pair came on stage on citron's fluty cue. As if jasmine were a collection of beautiful paintings, beet hung it in the galleries of the nose, insured it against fire or theft, threw a party to celebrate it. Citron mailed the invitations." Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins p. 189

oh boy oh boy, just look at those smiles - they are the real deal - so great to see, I can feel the happy, fragrant energy from here! Thanks for taking the time out in the midst of your agenda to post these teasers. Everyone looks beautiful - special hi to knit, daahh - link! you look divine!

Ah mes amis, what a good time at the meet-up! I left Warum, mike, matildaben & Al Gae still sniffing at Neiman Marcus around 3:15 pm and just arrived home after my 5.5 hour drive. I do have tomorrow off work for Columbus Day so will hopefully write up some impressions of some of the new things I sniffed (and bought- at retail- which is soooo unusual for me, so you know the scent souvenirs were special to me).

Just got home myself - and that "red eye" flight is *so* appropriately named!

We had an awesome time at the sample swap, and all sorts of unloved samples got rescued by new owners! We got to share some very cool sniffs, too. Wish I could have stayed for the final shopping spree, but my wife wanted to see Red Rocks again, although this time the hiking was much less intense than the last time.

I'm still a bit blown away by the whole thing. It has really changed my view of fragrance. In a good way. But I feel like I want to be more of a participant - more of a "perfume lover", as the book is called - and less of a critic and an observer. I have things I want to say - things that are struggling to make their way out - and now I have to say them. I want to *feel* fragrance - not just think about it.

I bought some new scents, and I want to get into them deeply. REALLY deeply. TOO deeply. I just feel like my view of fragrance has changed somehow, and I need to understand it. I can't wait to get started on this new chapter of my fragrant life, that somehow happened because of this get-together.

I'm still a bit blown away by the whole thing. It has really changed my view of fragrance. In a good way. But I feel like I want to be more of a participant - more of a "perfume lover", as the book is called - and less of a critic and an observer. I have things I want to say - things that are struggling to make their way out - and now I have to say them. I want to *feel* fragrance - not just think about it.

I bought some new scents, and I want to get into them deeply. REALLY deeply. TOO deeply. I just feel like my view of fragrance has changed somehow, and I need to understand it. I can't wait to get started on this new chapter of my fragrant life, that somehow happened because of this get-together.

Red, I share your feeling of wanting to feel the fragrance and get into it deeply, and not feel obligated to think too much about it; of being a participant, and not a voyeur. What else is fragrance for but to experience deeply? Over the past couple of years or so I have sampled hundreds of fragrances. Few of them have captivated me on that level you speak of. There have been fragrances that I have admired, have loved for a time, but when I find one that totally captivates me it is a rare occasion and I like to enjoy it to the utmost, and analyzing it does not contribute to the visceral or even a spiritual enjoyment. Naming things separates us from them.